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Meaning of Cube | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
kjuːb

Definitions

  1. A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
  2. A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
  3. Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
  4. The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
  5. A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
  6. A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.
  7. Clipping of cubic inch(es).
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
  8. An extremely socially conventional or conservative person, moreso than even a square.
    dated

Equivalents

العربية كعبة مكعب
Български куб ку́бче
Bosanski čubar kob kocka kup коцка
Català cub cubicar
Ελληνικά κύβος
Esperanto Kubo
Eesti kuup
فارسی مکعب
Français cube cube cube
Gaeilge ciúb ciúbaigh
Galego cubo
עברית קובייה
हिन्दी घन
Hrvatski čubar kob kocka kup коцка
Magyar köb kocka
Հայերեն խորանարդ
Bahasa Indonesia dadu kubus
Íslenska kubbur teningur
ქართული კუბი
Қазақша куб текше
ខ្មែរ គូប
Kurdî cube kûp
Latina cubus tessera
ລາວ ລູກບາດ
Lietuvių kubas
Latviešu kubs
Македонски коцка куб
Монгол шоо
Bahasa Melayu dadu kubus
Malti kubu
မြန်မာဘာသာ ကုဗ
Română cub
Slovenčina kocka
Slovenščina kocka
Shqip kub
Српски čubar kob kocka kup коцка
Svenska block kub tårna tärning
Тоҷикӣ мукааб
Türkçe küp küpü mikâp
Українська куб
اردو گھن

Examples

“When the math teacher is teaching the class about cubes, he asks them to imagine a cardboard box whose width, length, and height are all the same.”
“A: One cube or two? B: Oh, no sugar for me, thanks.”
“The cube of 2 is 8.”
“The cube of 0.5 is 0.125.”
“As if the 383 weren't already a roaring beast, in 1972 they bored it out some more, bringing it up to 400 cubes. This 400-cube monster could launch a land yacht like the Plymouth Fury from zero to sixty in under ten seconds.”
“My co-worker annoys me by throwing things over the walls of my cube.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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